Savannah College of Art and Design

Educational Resources

Libraries

Slide library collection containing 355,000 slides.

• 128,574 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 1,051 current serial subscriptions.
• 6,134 microforms.
• 3,473 Audio/Visual items.
• 24,841 e-books.

Museums & Art

Earle W. Newton Center for British American Studies Several art galleries

Computing

Requirements

• Students are required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.

Campus Resources

• 1,800 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library
• 0 Internet connections in libraries.
• 0 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 0 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 2,000 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing, in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 5,000 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, health service, other

Remedial

other

Counseling

personal, academic, other

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interview training, other

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 37% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 0% of housing units are Singles.
• 85% of housing units are Doubles.
• 15% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 9 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 89% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 35% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Sidewalk Arts Festival; Comic Art Forum; International Festival
• Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, television station
• In total, there are about 49 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Tau Sigma Delta
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Christian Student Fellowship; Wesley Fellowship; Hillel
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) African Student Association; Black Student Association; Caribbean Student Association; Chinese Student Association; Korean Student Association; South Asian Student Association
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) United Student Forum; American Institute of Graphic Arts; Action to Action; American Institute of Architecture Students; American Society of Interior Designers; Industrial Society of America; Society of Illustrators
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Campus Chronicle (weekly); District (bi-weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Savannah Georgia (10), Atlanta Georgia (300)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Savannah Georgia (2)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Savannah Georgia (1)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 80% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 20% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 3,200
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance mandatory, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited